American Revolution Causes Practice

Front

Why were the colonists upset about the taxes?

Back

because they had no representatives in Parliament

Front

The 1765 act that taxed all paper and printed goods in the colonies was called the ____________.

Back

Stamp Act

Front

What did the colonists call the laws that were passed as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party?

Back

The Intolerable Acts

Front

Why did England start placing taxes on the colonies?

Back

To pay for the cost of the French and Indian War

Front

The French and Indian war was fought between _____ and _____.

Back

England and France

Front

Great Britain had an enormous ____ after the French and Indian War.

Back

debt

Front

The group of people that were loyal to the king were called...

Back

Loyalists

Front

Who said, "Give me liberty, or give me death."?

Back

Patrick Henry

Front

This created a temporary border at the Appalachian Mountains, restricting the movement of the colonists

Back

Proclamation of 1763

Front

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Back

Thomas Jefferson